561 days until kick off!!!!

That is what it says on the black digital board with yellow lights opposite the exit across the feeder roads from the Arrivals Hall at Durban International Airport (DIA). Oh sorry!!!! As of the moment there could be a name change!!!!

http://www.pprune.org/african-aviation/255435-durban-international-get-new-name.html

Durban International to get new name!!!

Here we go..... once the name changing has started it ain't going to stop.....
Welcome to the banana republic......

"Durban International Airport (DIA) could soon be renamed Moses Mabhida International Airport if Durban's Ethekwini municipality has its way, the Mercury reported on Friday.
Renaming the airport has been placed on the agenda of the next full council meeting of the Ethekwini municipality, which is expected to be held late January.

The move has raised the eyes of opposition parties who claim no formal resolution was put forward at an executive council meeting on Wednesday.

Moses Mabhida, the former general secretary of the SA Communist Party, died in 1986 in the Mozambican capital of Maputo.

Last week he was re-buried in Pietermaritzburg at a ceremony which saw President Thabo Mbeki being booed from the stage by supporters of ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma. ………

So don’t get lost on your way to Africa to see the World Cup games!!

Fear not! When you fly in during the month of June 2010 you probably will not even land at DIA (Durban International Airport – or rather Moses Mabhida International Airport) as we are busy building the King Shaka International Airport on the KwaZulu-Natal elite north coast. The new King Shaka International Airport

http://www.dubetradeport.co.za/Characteristics/kingShakaAirport.asp

is springing up right out of the sugar cane fields of the “rolling hills of Natal”.

Take a look at the beautiful areas surrounding the new airport.

http://www.brettenwood-land.co.za/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Shaka_International_Airport

Things are changing so fast here, on a daily basis, that even South Africans are getting lost.

We suggest if you intend coming to see the games that you invest in a Tom Tom. Especially as according to Tom Tom.com road names change quite regularly.

http://www.tomtom.com/products/maps/

Brand new maps at TomTom Map Shop!

Did you know that on average, 15% of roads change every year? That’s why we regularly bring you new maps. Visit our shop to get the latest maps of destinations all over the world. Just download and go!

There you go….. this “tool” is a must when traveling in Africa, and will certainly help you to reach the most important destination for a football fan……

You guessed it!!!!

http://www.southafrica.info/2010/senzangakhona_190606.htm